210 CHRISOMELIDjE. 



sides. Body beneath and legs fulvous, sides of breast blackish, 

 finely longitudinally strigose. 



Length 2-2% mm. 



Hob. Bombay : Belgaum. 



Can be distinguished by the fine strigse of the thorax. 



367. Cryptocephalus spengleri, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 1798, p. 109 ; 

 Suffr. Monogr., Linn. Ent. ix, 1854, p. 159. 



" Thorax rufous, shining, with two black spots, elytra testa- 

 ceous ; a posterior spot cyaneous." (Fabr.) 



"Size of C. coloratus, C. pustulatus, and C. vahli. Antennae black, 

 base rufous. Head rufous, black round eyes; body obscurely 

 coloured, legs testaceous." (Suffrian.) 



Hob. " Tranquebar " (teste Fabr.}. 



Suffrian thinks this is a variety of C. vahli. 



This and the following species cannot be recognized with any 

 certainty without an examination of the types. 



368. Cryptocephalus olivieri, Harold, Coleopt. Hefte, x, 1872, p. 254. 

 Cryptocephalus lundi, Oliv. (nee Fabr.) Ent. vi,' 1808, p. 827, pi. 6, 

 fig. 103 ; Suffr. Monogr., Linn. Ent. ix, 1854, p. 159. 



" Above testaceous, beneath blackish-brown, antennae black. 

 Small ; first joint of antennae rufous ; head testaceous. Thorax 

 smooth. Elytra scarcely punctate-striate, shining. Body dark 

 brown, abdomen, apex of femora and their bases, reddish." 

 (Harold.) 



Hab. India. 



369. Cryptocephalus rubripes, Hope in Gray's Zool. Misc. 1831, 



p. 30 ; Suffr. Monogr., Linn. Ent. xiv, 1860, p. 49. 



" Green, antennae and femora rufous." (Hope.) 

 Length 4 mm. 

 Hab. Assam. 



Unrecognizable from the description given. Probably not a 

 Cryptocephalus at all. 



370. Cryptocephalus latimanus, Oliv. Ent. vi, 1808, p. 825, pi. 6, 



fig. 100 ; Suffr. Monogr., Linn. Ent. ix, 1854, p. 159. 



" Testaceous, apex of antennae fuscous ; head punctured, labrum 

 flavous. Thorax punctured, margins paler; anterior tibiae 

 widened." (Olivier.) 



Hab. Bengal. 



